Senior Software Engineer - Parametric

ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings.

This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Core Platform team at Parametric is responsible for enhancing the quality and velocity of engineering outcomes across the technology organization through platform-level capabilities, accelerating engineering teams and enabling them to focus on delivering business value.

This team delivers Parametric’s platform-level service and development capabilities. These efforts seek to optimize the organization’s technology posture by providing common solutions to shared problems which drive standardization, accelerated delivery, reduced risk and cost, and scalable, high-performing results. The team serves engineering teams across the organization and is responsible for supporting their success.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for contributing to the design, development, and integration of our Java Core Library offerings. This role partners with internal engineering teams to identify common needs, support adoption and integration with shared Java platform components, and build reusable platform capabilities across domains such as security, observability, API connectivity, and data access.

Parametric values strong software engineering and takes pride in their culture of technical rigor, modern practices, and continuous growth. This role will help translate that culture into practical platform solutions which promote engineering effectiveness and consistent delivery.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and evolve shared Java libraries and framework capabilities used across multiple engineering teams.
• Partner with internal engineering teams to understand, document, and prioritize technical requirements.
• Guide teams in the adoption of shared platform components, including integration patterns, migration support, and technical documentation.
• Define reusable patterns and paved-road solutions for security, observability, API integration, and data access.
• Improve engineering standards and developer productivity through automation, standardization, and high-quality platform abstractions.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and functional tests to ensure code quality, correctness, and reliability.
• Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities while maintaining strong code quality across Java Core Library initiatives.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Required Experience: 7+ years
Skill set: Java, Software Design, Spring Boot, RDBMS, AWS

Primary Skills

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java software engineering, including proficiency with Java 17+.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical peers and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of core Java language features and runtime behavior, including the type system, generics, reflection, concurrency, and the memory model.
• Experience building software, libraries, or frameworks consumed by multiple development teams.
• Experience using enterprise Java frameworks, including Spring Boot and Hibernate.
• Experience using test-driven development, JUnit, and mocking frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and data access patterns.
• Hands-on experience building cloud-based solutions, preferably on AWS.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Testcontainers.
• Proficiency with source control, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred), and observability tooling (Datadog preferred).
• Experience working effectively within agile software delivery teams.
• Proven ability to develop subject matter expertise and apply it effectively within assigned domains.
• Familiarity with AI and related technologies, with the ability to apply them in a business or technical context

Good to Have Skills

• Financial services industry experience.
• Experience with API standards, authentication/authorization patterns, and observability conventions.
• Experience improving code quality standards through automated tooling, such as IDEs and AST services.
• Experience deploying services using IaC technologies such as Terraform.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with non-relational persistence technologies, such as DynamoDB.
• Experience presenting technical contributions and innovations to technical colleagues.

Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years.  Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.  Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.